Does play count update with itunes match?

When I play a song on computer "A" I would expect the play count in the iCloud to increase as well and be accessible to computer "B". It does not seem to work this way. How is Play Count shared amoung authorized computers with iTunes Match?

Christopher E. wrote:
Do you mean it "has never worked" with iTunes Match? It used to work, when one synchronized the device with a computer, back before Match. As cool as Match is, this is a real step backward. All of my playlists are dependent upon a last-played date to keep the music fresh.
Yes, I meant with iTunes Match.
I agree - this has been a real problem for me as well.

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Then I click "Cancel" and the song plays from iTunes Match. Is there a way to make this happen for all of my songs? Thank you in advance!

Hey I had the same problem-
The fix to solve the error was quick and easy:
-Go to My Music tab and click on the song view to show all tracks.
-Then simply organize by the iCloud Download column. (if not shown, right click the column menu)
-The songs without any sort of iCloud icon shown are the ones with the error as you mentioned.
-Select all of those and hit delete. It will then ask to delete off of iCloud but make sure to click NO.
Voila no more annoying error on every SINGLE track over and over. I felt your pain, and now we are free!

Only play local songs with iTunes Match?

Hey,
I have iTunes Match set up. It all working well. Except on my MacBook Pro, when I play my library in shuffle I expect it to only play the songs that are locally stored, but instead it keeps downloading new tracks from iCloud. Which interrupts my listening while it buffers and gets the song. Not only that it uses up my storage on my MBP. I only want select songs on here with my whole library being on my desktop.
Is there a way to only play local songs? Short of tunring iTunes Match off and on everytime I want to get more songs.
Thanks,
J.

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With iTunes Match, does each library you enable on the same computer count as separate device?

I have four iTunes libraries on my Mac, my main iTunes library, one for Christmas, one for Christian, and one for CDs. Additionally, my husband and daughter each have their own computers with a single library on each. Since we are only allowed 10 devices with iTunes Match (per Apple ID), including computers, I need to know if each of my four libraries on my Mac will count as a separate device if I enable each of them for Match. If so, this would cause us to exceed the maximum number of devices needed for all of us.
Also, if I use Match for all four of my libraries, is there any way to maintain my separate libraries without having everything from all of them end up intermingled with each other? If not, I suppose I may as well consolidate my other three libraries with my main library.

All the libraries you add to Match are merged together, so you may as well consolidate them.
In that case I assume that the first question becomes irrelevant, but I will try to answer it anyway. Whilst you are allowed 10 devices, only 5 of them can be computers. However, it does state "devices" rather than libraries, so I think that each computer would only count as one even if you have more than one library.
I haven't got multiple libraries on the same computer though, so my assumption may be wrong. If so I'm sure someone will correct me.

I updated my iphone 4 with iO6.1. I now no longer have any of my music available with iTunes match. I've turned iTunes match on and off on my phone and on and off on my computer. I am not restoring my phone to factory settings.

I updated my iphone 4 with iO6.1. I no longer have any music on my phone even with itunes match. I've turned my phone off and on. I've turned my imac off and on. I've turned off imatch on my computer and turned it back on. I've turned imatch off on my phone and turned it back on. I spent HOURS on this yesterday. Coincidentally, two of my playlists were deleted from itunes. So I spent quite a bit of time recreating them only to find them missing again today. The ONLY way for me to get music on my phone is to click on the ...more tab and go to shared and pull music from my actual desktop. Restoring my iphone is not an option. I am completely frustrated so if anyone can help, that would be great

From my post on what seems like the same issue (found here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/21087892#21087892)
Take the following steps:
1) while connected to wifi, toggle off then back on the Show All Music and iTunes Match options shown in my original post. Important: I did this step before, but wasn't connected to wifi, and my music disappeared. Subsequently, I connected to wifi and turned off and then back on those options and everything came back though it was grayed out and my only option was to download music.
2) To get streaming over cellular back, go into Settings>General>Cellular and scroll down to the "Use Cellular Data for:" options and make sure the iTunes option is set to 'On'
The above steps will bring back the streaming capability which seemed to go away when you update to 6.1. It didn't ACTUALLY go away, but something about the update toggled off the iTunes option in step 2 above.
I did a final test by turning off wifi, opening Music app and selecting a song. It played successfully without downloading! Crossing my fingers, but I think I'm good to go!
Hope this helps!

I can't sync iPod classic with iTunes Match since I have updated to iTunes 11

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The iPod classic not bring recognized is unrelated to iTunes Match. You should post this problem to either the iPod Classic forum https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipod/ipod_classic or the iTunes for Windows forum https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_for_windows. Probably the former.
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How to refresh or update song info on iPhone with iTunes Match?

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Much like the act of putting your old chumbawumba cd in a box in the attic to make space on your shelf for newer and better music, you should cleanse your iphone of old music files regularly. Songs aren't gone forever, you can still dust them off and listen to them later if the mood strikes.
Open settings click general>usage>storage>music>edit
Then delete all locally stored music
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I keep getting Error Code 4002 in iTunes when I try to update my iTunes Match. I have turned off iTunes Match, then reinstalled it, but that does not seem to work. I also get another Error Code (4010) sometimes. Can someone offer advice?

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If you have manually manage set, you do not sync.
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Shuffle not working with iTunes Match when 3G is not enabled and the track playing is not the one showing (previous one)

When I use Music on m iPhone on 3G with the downlod disabled on 3G, shuffle is not working.
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Morevoer, it plays a track and show another one. It seems it plays the previous track but show the following.
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Sync local media library with iTunes Match after format

iTunes Match is a wonderful service but there's one thing that's really making me hate it.
I'm the type of person that uses multiple computers and that probably formats more than he should.
So here's my issue.
Pre-format
1) I match my 12,000 songs library with iTunes Match
2) Once done my songs are in sync with the cloud meaning that the content I play is local and it updates through the cloud at the same time
Post-format
1) I reinstall iTunes 11
2) I change iTunes advanced preferences to point to my original and untouched media path and I check both options underneath.
3) I sign into my account and turn iTunes Match ON
4) iTunes Match does its thing
Now here's my gripe. Every single song has the download from cloud button. Every song I play streams from the cloud even though I pointed my library to my original media path. Why won't iTunes sync the cloud with my local files just like it was before the format ?
Re-adding the whole media folder to my new (not backed-up) library will only create a 12,000 duplicate songs in the cloud to make matters worse.
So my question is : is there any way to preserve what I had prior to formating ? Having to wipe my cloud content and rematch my local files after every single format is non-sense.
Thanks in advance

vcharette wrote:
When restoring the library (itl) files, do I need to re-add the folder to my library ? Or will the songs automatically appear based on the library settings in those files ?
No, you will not need to add anything if you drop, at minimum, the iTunes Library.itl file into the User/Music/iTunes folder. Ideally you would restore all the library files, though. As long as the path isn't different, say you created a User Account with a different name from the original, it should be fine.
vcharette wrote:
I noticed that by holding the shift key when launching iTunes it prompts you to select a library or creating a new one. Which makes me wonder if I can just point it to my different drive at all times instead of always having to copy files back and forth between /music/itunes and a backup location.
Yes, you can run the iTunes library off an external HDD, no problem. However, I believe the best way to do that is to set the path in iTunes Prefs. Also, keep in mind that if the external is not connected iTunes will not be able to find the files and it will not defaul to streaming the music from the cloud. And you should still have a backup scheme in place.
vcharette wrote:
Thanks for helping, it's really appreciated.
You're welcome.

I have a problem with iTunes Match...

...and not like an 'oh man, this bolt's too big for this hole' problem, more of a 'hey man, if you don't stop doing that then you and me gona have a problem' problem.
For starters, I found that enabling the iTunes Match service means that I can't manually synch any files or playlists to my device. So when I travel to an area without wifi or phone signal, which happens more than Apple obviously thinks, I can't listen to any of my music. Whose bright idea was that??!
Secondly, when I do enable iTunes Match, I often find that changes I make on my computer (shuffling the order of songs on playlists, adding new files to my library etc.) don't always correlate with the Match service, for instance I made a playlist on my computer but it doesn't appear on my phone, or I set a playlist on iTunes to order itself by the date the files were added, but on my phone they appear in whatever order they **** well please. It unfortunately doesn't 'just work'.
And thirdly, although this isn't really connected to the Match service but rather just a chance for me to vent as I'm already doing it, when I heard they were bringing 'wifi synching' to iOS I was really excited. Then I found out it would only synch while your iDevices were plugged in and charging. THEN I found out that every time I plugged my phone in it would automatically try to synch, waking up my laptop if it wasn't already awake. So every night I would plug my phone in by my bed, turn over to go to sleep, then have to get up 20 seconds later to re-sleep my machine; this could happen at random points during the night.
I'm not expecting Apple to change their products over the dissatisfaction of one disgruntled user, I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same problems and has found any ways around them. Also I must say as annoying as certain aspects of iTunes Match are, it's still a fantastic service (in theory...).

peanutismint wrote:
I hope they manage to fix the playlists issue, hopefully by the next couple of updates. I figured the syncing/waking thing would be what it was meant to do. I wonder if there's a command line or something I can tweak in settings to stop my Mac waking on LAN/Bluetooth etc....
In System Prefs > Energy Saver > Power Adapter unselect the option for "wake for network access." Although this may have the effect of preventing wireless syncing. I'm not sure.
peanutismint wrote:
The downloading of songs is pretty much useless as a feature in my situation, as by the time you're out of signal and can't stream music, neither can you download it (and if I were expected to download it first in case of signal loss then doesn't that negate the need for a streaming music service anyway?!)
iTunes Match doesn't stream to iOS devices, all songs are downloaded. If you have not done so, you can enable "use cellular data" to download music by going to Settings > Store and setting the option to ON. To answer your question, though, yes, pre-downloading of tracks is the "best practice" for using an iDevice with iTunes Match enabled.

Playback issues with iTunes Match on iPhone 4 (iOS 5.0.1)

I'm running into several odd issues when playing songs on my iPhone with iTunes Match enabled. The problems I've experienced are:
A song partially plays, then skips to the next song.
Sometimes songs will not pause, pause after a 2-3 second delay, or pause, then start playing again when I press the pause button.
Sometimes there is a 3-5 second delay when playing songs that have already been downloaded.
Sometimes a song will play distorted, it just sounds like static.
Once, I pressed play on my iPhone and it just started playing random songs, some that had not even been downloaded before.
A few times, when I pressed play on already downloaded songs, nothing happened.
Now, some notes about these problems I've been having: I have a mix of matched, uploaded, and purchased songs. I haven't found a pattern as far as the type of songs that any of the issues occur with. With problem 1, I can kind of understand this happening if the song hasn't completely downloaded, but this happens even for songs that I've downloaded. It doesn't always skip the song in the same place and I can even go right back to the same song and play it all the way through again with no problems. With problem 2, it seems like maybe I'm just being impatient here, however, I'm not sure why there's a delay when these are downloaded songs and the artwork has already been downloaded. Sometimes if I just wait about 10-15 seconds it will finally start playing, but again, that seems odd since I've already downloaded the song. Problem 2 and 3 are kind of similar. I've noticed that sometimes when this happens that I can see the "network processing" indicator in the status bar, but sometimes not. It's a little odd to see my iPhone going out to the network to play a song that I have already downloaded and have the artwork (assuming metadata as well) for the song. Problem 4 has happened just a few times, but usually happens immediately after I unpause the song or start playing a song. Again, I can go back and play the same song normally and have played the same song before previously. Once, it caused the Music app to just crash entirely. Not much to say about problem 5 other than I checked shuffle and it was off. Just a little odd. Not much to say about problem 6 either other than it hasn't happened in a few weeks now.
Sorry for the wall of text, but it just seems that there are a bunch of odd issues going on that I haven't seen anyone else have aside from problem 1. I've already tried turning iTunes Match off and on. I've deleted all songs twice. I haven't jailbroken my phone or anything. I can't find a pattern because it happens with matched, purchased, and uploaded songs. Sometimes it will happen to 1 song, I will try it again some other time on the same song. I listen to music for about 6 hours a day using WiFi and at least one of these problems happens about every 2 days.
Aside from the problems I've been having, the service is great. I do understand it's fairly new and even with all of that, I still think the positives outweigh the negatives, especially for just $25.
I'm lost, though. Anyone have any ideas?
Message was edited by: burakkuchi - Added problem 6.

When I went to restore my phone, I may have found the cause of these problems. I never deleted all of my original synced songs before enabling iTunes Match.
When I just went to do the restore, I figured I'd delete all of my songs, then disable iTunes Match. After deleting about 3.5 GB of music and disabling iTunes Match, I ran the sync to backup my iPhone. It said there was still 2.2 GB of music. I checked my phone just in case and there was 2.2 GB there, probably the original synced songs that I never removed.
Anyway, I'm doing the restore now just in case and will respond tomorrow with how everything is working.

How do I sync the lyrics of my songs with iTunes match?

I added on itunes lyrics but can not find them on my iphone how can I proceed? I've updated itunes match on your computer and iphone is turned on in the music lyrics and podcast info. Google translate.

According to my knowledge, iDevices with iTunes Match does not import the lyrics for some reason. You can only see them if you import your songs without iTunes Match. I recommend Apple to fix it.

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